[Libs-Or] TAKE ACTION NOW: Amash Amendment gains support

[Diedre Conkling]

There still is time to take action.

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/07/amash-amendment-gains-support/

Amash Amendment gains support
Posted on July 24,
2013<http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/07/amash-amendment-gains-support/>
by Lynne Bradley
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Rep. Justin Amash. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

*Update, 3:45pm EST: It looks like the amendment will make it to the House
floor around 6:30pm EST. Please keep calling until then. You can find
talking points and calling info at the Legislative Action
Center<http://capwiz.com/ala/callalert/index.tt?alertid=62783871>.
Your calls are incredibly important! Thanks to all those who have taken
action. *

Several key civil liberties organizations have announced their support for
the Amash Amendment, new legislation introduced by Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI)
that would stop funding the National Security Agency's (NSA) warrantless
surveillance programs. The legislation would amend the Defense
Appropriations Bill so that the NSA could only use USA PATRIOT Act Section
215 orders to collect phone records on individuals who are the subject of a
terrorism or espionage investigation. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
co-sponsored the amendment.

(You can act now to put a stop to warrantless
surveillance<http://capwiz.com/ala/callalert/index.tt?alertid=62783871>
)

   - ACCESS
   <https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2013/07/23/access-supports-proposed-u.s.-amendment-limiting-nsa-metadata-collection>
   - ACLU Myths /Facts on Section 215
   <https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/myths-and-facts-re-sec-215-domestic-call-tracking>
   - American Civil Liberties
Union<https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/aclu-letter-house-urging-yes-amash-conyers-amendment-stop>
   - Association of Research
Libraries<http://policynotes.arl.org/post/56329428541/arl-supports-amash-conyers-amendment-to-end-bulk>
   - Bill of Rights Defense
Committee<http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=14356.>
   - Campaign for
Liberty<http://www.campaignforliberty.org/national-blog/action-alert-mondays-victory-and-todays-opportunity/>
   - Center for Democracy and
Technology<https://www.cdt.org/pr_statement/cdt-supports-amashconyers-amendment-would-prevent-bulk-collection-phone-metadata>
   - Center For National Security
Studies<http://www.cnss.org/resources.php/140/memorandum-re-amash-conyers-amendment-to-defense-appropriations-to-stop-bulk-collection-of-americans>
   - DownsizeDC<http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/important-update-you-can-still-take-action-on-nsa-egypt-and-syria>
   - Electronic Frontier
Foundation<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/tomorrow-congress-votes-amendment-defund-spying-heres-how-you-can-help>

To lend your support for the Amash Amendment, go to the Legislative Action
Center <http://capwiz.com/ala/callalert/index.tt?alertid=62783871.>



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